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Re: Copyparty, the FOSS file server [video]

#31

Post by AdmiralAsshat » Wed, Nov 26, 2025, 2:28 PM UTC

cwillu wrote: post #5

https://github.com/9001/copyparty/

Good god, that's a long landing page. It's like they shoved the whole wiki into the readme.

Re: Copyparty, the FOSS file server [video]

#32

Post by jordemort » Wed, Nov 26, 2025, 2:46 PM UTC

AdmiralAsshat wrote: post #31

cwillu wrote: post #5

https://github.com/9001/copyparty/

Good god, that's a long landing page. It's like they shoved the whole wiki into the readme.

This is actually my favorite style of documentation. Just hit me over the head with the whole thing, I can take it.

Re: Copyparty, the FOSS file server [video]

#33

Post by jesprenj » Wed, Nov 26, 2025, 2:48 PM UTC

too bad it doesn't use unix users and file permissions via pam and reinvents the wheel with their own accounts and permissions.

Re: Copyparty, the FOSS file server [video]

#34

Post by thepra » Wed, Nov 26, 2025, 3:00 PM UTC

I can't find an alternative to nextcloud keepass file open and manage in browser :/

Re: Copyparty, the FOSS file server [video]

#35

Post by yjftsjthsd-h » Wed, Nov 26, 2025, 3:01 PM UTC

AdmiralAsshat wrote: post #31

cwillu wrote: post #5

https://github.com/9001/copyparty/

Good god, that's a long landing page. It's like they shoved the whole wiki into the readme.

Yes, but it starts with an overview, table of contents, and quickstart, so I see no downsides to that approach and lots of upsides.

Re: Copyparty, the FOSS file server [video]

#36

Post by yjftsjthsd-h » Wed, Nov 26, 2025, 3:02 PM UTC

chasing0entropy wrote: post #25

Is there a link to the actual project? I've been using file browser in an unprivledged container but always open to new stuff.

https://github.com/9001/copyparty/

Re: Copyparty, the FOSS file server [video]

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Post by indigodaddy » Wed, Nov 26, 2025, 3:07 PM UTC

In the docs, copyparty says it’s made to work with native storage, but concedes that rclone+SFTP does work acceptably though still (I have a cheap SFTP/ssh/r sync etc only storage service so would put copyparty on a cheapo VPS and do rclone sftp).

Has anyone done this with Copyparty and if so how is the performance?

Re: Copyparty, the FOSS file server [video]

#38

Post by dmd » Wed, Nov 26, 2025, 3:08 PM UTC

Copyparty is an absolutely incredible tour-de-force and has an absolutely insane feature set.

But if you want something rock solid that probably solves your actual problem, I'd recommend looking at rclone - specifically the 'rclone serve webdav' command.

Re: Copyparty, the FOSS file server [video]

#39

Post by medstrom » Wed, Nov 26, 2025, 3:27 PM UTC

jordemort wrote: post #32

AdmiralAsshat wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Good god, that's a long landing page. It's like they shoved the whole wiki into the readme.

This is actually my favorite style of documentation. Just hit me over the head with the whole thing, I can take it.

Plus, in my experience when I make a separate user manual... a lot fewer people read it.

Re: Copyparty, the FOSS file server [video]

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Post by vinnymac » Wed, Nov 26, 2025, 3:28 PM UTC

AdmiralAsshat wrote: post #31

cwillu wrote: post #5

https://github.com/9001/copyparty/

Good god, that's a long landing page. It's like they shoved the whole wiki into the readme.

Most repositories try to create a poor man’s wiki inside of their README. It’s better this way until that problem is solved.

The other style I like is a single sentence with a single link to the actual wiki.